Re: Sounds of high quality (pad & piano)
2014/12/08 23:03:28
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It sounds like tyros5 is judging synths by their presets. That's a very shallow criticism.
I have Absynth, FM8, Massive etc. And I wasn't that impressed when I first tried them, because most of the presets are horrible. I mean completely unusable. And I'm sure I could spot them in a mix. But that's not the point, which is that all 3 of those synths can sound incredible if you know what you're doing.
A problem with a lot of synths is that the presets don't really provide you with a solid collection of stock sounds that are usable again and again in your mixes. Instead, they're a showcase of the designer's technical chops. As a result, most of them sound shall we say "wacky." In many cases I can't imagine where you'd use them outside of cheesy 90's techno. Z3TA+2 is a great example - fantastic synth, very well designed, awesome sounding, but terrible presets with levels so high that they immediately clip the track. But as for starting your own sounds from scratch - what a synth.
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